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recious is the tender scruple imposed by ‘the
lie of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus.”

“ One wishes worship freely given to God,
Another wants to make it statute labor.”

 

“ Doctrinal preaching may be a// true, and yet.
half false: but the preaching of justification by
faith, without showing that the faith that justi-
fies must be diving, not dead, is preaching an un-
truth ; and so of preaching that the works which
give blessedness in Heaven, are many good
works, and not works whose impulse is a convert-
ed heart.””—Zpiscopal Recorder.

 

 

FRIENDS’ REVIEW.

PHILADELPHIA, FIFTH MO. 31, 1862. . :

 

 

 

Apotition SocrETIES OF THE LAST CEN-
TURY, AND THE PRESENT MOVEMENTS FOR
EMANcIPATION.—A pamphlet was published
recently at Wilmington, in the State of Dela-
ware, containing the ‘“ Minutes of the Proceed-
ings of the Second Convention of Delegates from
the Abolition Societies established in different
parts of the United States, assembled in Phila-
delphia on the seventh day of January, 1795,
and continued by adjournments until the four-
teenth day of the same month, inclusive.”

They show the earnest and faithful character
of the anti-slavery action and labors of men
who were contemporary with the framers of the
Federal Constitution, such as Jonathan Edwards,
of Conn., John Murray, Jr., of New York, Wm.
Rawle, Dr. Rush, Samuel Coates and Caspar
Wistar, of Philadelphia, and some of the pro-
minent citizens of Delaware and Maryland, New
Jersey and Rhode Island.

“‘The object in re-publishing this pamphlet,”
says A. H. Grimshaw, Postmaster of Wilming-
ton, “is to show to the people of Delaware, that
the prominent and influential and loyal men of
Revolutionary times, agitated the subject of
Abolition, and also to show that it was deemed
wise, prudent, and just in the days of Washing-
ton to emancipate slaves.”

Believing that extracts from this pamphlet will
be particularly interesting at the present time to
many of our readers, we will give place to the
main part of the Proceedings, in this and one
or two succeeding numbers.

There are indications in Missouri, Maryland
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friends of emancipation in those States, to make

fan earnest effort to abolish slavery, through the

co operation of the United States Government,
agreeably to the joint resolution adopted by Con-
gress at the suggestion of the President. That
resolution was in these words :-— Saad

“ Resolved, That the United States ought to
co-operate with any State which may adopt a-
gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such
State pecuniary aid to be used by such State in
its discretion, to compensate for the inconveni-
ence, public and private, produced by such a
change of system.” a

In reference to this, the Baltimore American

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[says the evidences accumulate that the heart
‘lof Maryland is deeply stirred; that however

efforts may be made to postpone or avoid dis-
cussion on the current topic, “‘ Emancipation,”
it will make itself apparent. It is no more pos-
sible, it continues, to ignore this matter than it
is to ignore the present war. The Haston Star,
published on the Eastern shore of Maryland,
says that the question “ must be met, discussed
and decided by the people.” The Cambridge
Democrat says it is certain that the President’s
‘¢ emancipation acts are meeting with a response
in Maryland.” It adds that to “perfect an
organization which will give aim and object to
the cause and assure its more certain triumph,
circulars have been distributed to several of the
post-offices throughout our county.”

In our Summary of News last week, it was
briefly stated that General Hunter had issued a
proclamation declaring the States of Georgia,
Florida, and South Uarolina under Martial law, and
all the persons heretofore held as slaves in them,
forever free: The counter proclamation of the
President, after declaring that of General Hun-
ter, ‘‘ whether genuine or false,” to be altogether
void, so far as respects making the slaves free,
reserves to himself the decision of the questions
whether it is competent for him, as commander-
in-chief of the army and navy, to declare the
slaves of any State or States free; and whether
at any time, or in any case, it shall have become
a necessity indispensable to the maintenance of
the Government to exercise such supposed power.
The President then introduces the resolution
above quoted, and _ states that it “ was adopted
by large majorities in both branches of Congress,
and now stands an authentic, definite and solemn
proposal of the nation to the States and people
most immediately interested in the subject m ae